HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 31-1924.
ORDIILUTCR NO.31
An Ordinance Regulating the Installation and
Maintenance of ii1ectrica1 lires and Appliances for Safe
guarding life and property and ILicensing Elätrioians
within the Town of iistes Park,Colorado.
Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the
Town of Jilates Park,Colorado:
Section 1.All electric wiring hereafter
installed,including additions,extensions,or changes
in existing wiring,used for the transmission of current
[for light,heat,or power,in or on all buildings located
within the fire limits within the town of Estes Park
shall be installed in approved steel conduit or metal
moulding.All electric services hereafter installed,for
buildings located,either within or without fire limits and
within the corporate limits shall be in approved steel
conduit,equ.pped at the outer and with an approved service
or condulet fitting,and shall run continuously without oit
let or junction box,into a service cabinet of approved
steel construction,with the Underwriters’label of approval
attached thereto.Said cabinet shall be located inside the
walls of building in the nearest accessible place to the
point where the wires enter the building,but in no case
over fifteen (15)feet from the point of entrance.The
cabinet shall be.so arranged that the handle of the service
switch located therein shall not be over seven (7)feet
above a permanent floor.Conduit and cabinets are to be
securely bonded and grounded,but in no case shall the
conduit system be used to ground secondary systems.Con
ductors for all underground services and all conductors
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Attest
Charles F.Hix —,Clerk and
Recorder of the Town of stes .Lark,Colorado,do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was duly
published in the Estes Park Trail —a
newspaper published and in general circulation viithin
the corporate limits of the Town of istes dark,on the
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day of August ,A.D 1924.8th
Given under my band and the seal of said
August 8th —,1924.
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section 14.Any person or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance,shall,upon conviction
thereof,be fined in any sum not less then five dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars and costs of suit,and in
default of payment of such fine and.costs,such person may be
imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid,but not to exceed
ninety days imprisonment for each offense.
Introduced,read,passed and adopted this 28th
-July ,A.D.1924.
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day of
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in or beneath basement floors will be considered as subject
to moisture and must be lead-sheathed.)nd all electric
wiring and installation shall be in conformity with the
latest and most approved methods of construction for safety
to life and property;the regulations as laid down in the
National Electrical Code of the National Board of Fire Under
writers,the Electrical Bulletins of the Mountain States
Inspection Bureau,and the National Electrical Safety Code
of the Bureau of Standards shall be prima facie evidence of
such latest and most approved methods.
Section 2.No person,firm,or corporation shall
engage in the business of installing,altering or repairing
electrical wires and aparatus,for arj purpose whatsoever,
in the Town of Estes ark without first having procured a
license therefor as hereinafter provided.The initi.l fee
for such license to engage in the business of installing
electrical wiring and equipment shall be lO.OO and the fee
for each yearly renewal for such license shall be 5.OO.
Each license shall expire on Tnury 1st —of
the year following the date of its issuance.
Section 3.Before any person,firm.or corpora
tion shall be licensed under this ordinance to carry on the
business provided for in Section 2 hereof,such person,firm,
or corporation shall satisfy the Pire Chief that he or they
are competent electricians and thoroughly understand the
business of electric wiring.And the Fire Chief shall have
authority to require the applicant for said business to
furnish him with a certificate from a competent disinterested
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electrician certifying to the ability and Imowledge of the
applicant to do electric wiring and.installation and when the
Fire 0hief is satisfied of the competency of the applicant
be shall so certify to the Town Clerk and then the Town Clerk
will issue the license upon the payment of fees and the filing
of a bond as herein provided.
-3ection 4.very person,firm,or corporation
licensed in accordance with Section 3,shall give a bond to
the Town Clerk,in the sum of one thousand dollars,said bond
to be aproved by the Board of Trustees and conditioned upon
the faithful compliance with the ordinances and.laws relating
•to safe electrical construction and agreement to pay all
damages,costs and expenses that may be caused by the negli
gence of such person,firi,or corporation through failure
to comply with said ordinances and laws.
5ection5.Thj ordinance shall not be construed
to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of
any party owning,operating,controlling or installing any
electrical equipment for damages to anyone injured or any
property destroyed by any defect therein nor shall the Town
be held as assuming any such liability by reason of the
requirements herein.
ection 6.Any person or corporation violating
any of the provisions o-f this ordinance,shall,upon convic
tion thereof,be fiiied in any sum not less than five dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of suit,and in
default of payment of such fine and costs,such person may
be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid,but not to
exceed ninety days imprisonment for each offense.
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Attest:
Clerk and Recorder.
I,Chaa.F.Hix
,Clerk
and Recorder of the Town of Estes ark,Colorado,do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was duly
published in the Estes Park Trail a
newspaper published and in general circulation viithin the
corporate limits of the Town of Estes Park,on the 8th
day of Auguat ,A.•D.1924.
Introduced,read,passed and adopted this
28th day of July ,A.D.1924.
Given under my hand the seal of said Town,
August 8th .,1924.
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Section 1.That there be and is hereby levied uon the asses5ed
valuation of the real and orconal proierty of the ov:n of stes }ark for the
year 1924 a tax of 9 mil:Cs on each dollar of suci valuation for the ;uryose
of paying the current general exense of said To’.of hstcs yark,of which the
sum of .5 of a rllhl shall be set amart as a fund to pay interest on hstes iark
Seater Bonds,series of 19Th
Introduced,read,rassed,adopted and ordered pubiJslied this k7th
day of October,s.D.19;id
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IJayor.
I,Chas.F.li±x,clerk and fl0coder of the Touri of ctes i-ark,
Cclorado,do hereby crtify that the above and foregoin Ordinance ho.3
wa duly nublis lied in The Ectos lark rail,a ncv.’siarer :ublislied and in
general circulatio1,within the corporate limits of the om of htos iark,
on the 31st day of Octobr,.D.192’C.
Given under 1i:hand and the seal of said bown October 31st,l9d.
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